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Dragon Naturally Speaking User Guide
Dragon Naturally Speaking User Guide
Dragon Medical
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Contents
C H A P T E R 1 Introduction 1
About this guide 2
What should I expect from Dragon? 3
C H A P T E R 3 Starting to Dictate 33
Starting Dragon 33
Turning on the microphone 34
Starting to dictate 35
Getting Help 39
Troubleshooting 41
The DragonBar 41
Using QuickStart 44
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C H A P T E R 6 Formatting 85
Capitalizing text 85
Formatting text 89
I N D E X 121
Technical Support 127
Information and Sales 127
Training and Customization Services 127
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Introduction
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Introduction
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User Guide
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CHAPTER
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Installation and User Creation
System requirements
System requirements to run Dragon are:
■ Intel® Pentium® 4 (or equivalent AMD processor) 1GHz
processor or greater. Recommended: Intel® Pentium® 2.4 GHz
(1.6 GHz dual core processor) or equivalent AMD processor.
Faster processor will produce faster performance.
NOTE: During the installation process the software checks to make sure
your system meets the minimum requirements. If your system does not
meet the requirements, the software will not be installed.
■ 512 MB RAM minimum. Recommended: 1 GB RAM. For
Windows Vista, 1GB RAM is required.
■ 512 KB minimum L2 Cache. Recommended: 1 GB L2 Cache.
■ Minimum of 1 GB of free hard disk space. Minimum 2.5 GB
for Dragon Medical.
■ Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), or Windows Server
2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), Windows Server 2003,
Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (32-bit with
Service Pack 2 or higher), and Windows Vista Home or
Professional Windows Vista with or without Service Pack 1
(32-bit only).
■ DVD drive required for installation.
■ Sound card capable of recording, set to 16 bit 11 KHz for
audio recording.
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TYPE DESCRIPTION
Typical/ Installs all options and speech files. Requires
Complete the maximum disk space.
Custom Lets you select options and speech files to
install. Can greatly reduce the disk space
required. During a custom installation, in the
Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional
and Dragon Medical editions, you can mod-
ify settings that are then applied to all users
created with this installation, including Win-
dows limited account users.
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7 Click Next and you see a tree where you can select any
particular feature of the product and click the down arrow to
its left to choose where/when to install it:
■ Install now, on local hard drive
■ Install now, with all subfeatures on local hard drive
■ Install when it is needed on a just-in-time basis
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OPTION DESCRIPTION
Modify the application's settings for all users
Displays the Options dialog box at the end of the instal-
lation; here you set several options for all users at once
(see online Help for details). Useful for an installation in
a shared area; for example, in an examining room
where multiple healthcare providers can dictate.
Modify the administrative settings
Displays the Administrative Settings dialog box at the
end of the installation, where you set up the Roaming
User feature, where to backup your files, and who can
modify commands/vocabularies.
Formatting options
Displays Formatting dialog box at end of installation,
where you apply uniform formatting to all documents
dictated at this installation; for example, formats for
dates, times, and phone numbers. You also set whether
to expand contractions, apply abbreviations, and insert
commas automatically. See online Help for more details.
9 Click Next.
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10On the Ready to Install the Program page, you can choose:
■ Enable QuickStart mode for the current user
In QuickStart mode, the product launches on system
startup with the Dragon QuickStart icon in the Windows
task bar. For more on the QuickStart option, see Version
10 File Structure on page 27.
■ Upgrade existing speech files to work with the installation
If you select this option, immediately after you reboot,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking starts the user upgrade process.
11Click Install to start the installation.
12When the installation completes, proceed with any of the
following sections that apply to your custom installation:
■ Modifying application settings for all users on page 16
■ Modifying administrative settings on page 16
■ Setting formatting options on page 17
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For more information on each tab, see the online Help. If you
have the Medical Edition, you also see tabs for PowerMic I,
PowerMic II, and the Dictation Box.
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When you launch the software for the first time, the New User
Wizard starts and leads you through creating a new user:
To create a user:
1 Type a name for Your Name.
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NOTE: To advance through the first two screens, you must say the
sentences without pausing. For the rest of the screens, it’s okay to pause
in the middle of a sentence.
When the words change color, it means the computer has
heard and recognized them.
2 If you re-read the same words and the computer still doesn’t
get it, just click Skip. Otherwise, click Next to continue.
3 Choose a text to read aloud and click OK.
You only need to read for about five minutes to train Dragon
to recognize your voice.
You can take breaks during this training by clicking Pause.
Don’t worry if you make mistakes or laugh. You should try to
read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if you
read something incorrectly. The computer either ignores the
mistake or positions the yellow arrow at the beginning of the
text for you to reread it.
The progress bar shows how much text is left to dictate.
NOTE: During training, dictating punctuation is not necessary.
4 When you’ve read enough, the New User Wizard displays a
congratulations message. Click OK and Dragon starts
adapting to your voice.
5 Proceed to Adapting to your writing style on page 23.
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NOTE: Though we recommend that you run this part of the New User
Wizard, if you plan to skip this step, select Skip this step rather than
Cancel.
1 Click Start to continue. While scanning your files, the New
User Wizard displays its status.
2 When Dragon has finished adapting to your writing style,
click Next.
3 Proceed to Scheduling periodic optimizations on page 24.
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C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10\
\Custom
\Data
\Data\Training
\Users
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nuance\
NaturallySpeaking10\Results
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■ Clinging to the application window where the text is
transcribed
■ Sitting in the Windows tray as an icon
You can also choose whether or not to display the Results Box,
where that box should be positioned, and whether or not that
box should be hidden after a particular number of seconds. You
can choose to have the product beep after it recognizes text.
If your computer does not have a number pad, you must set
these hot keys to keyboard keys to use them.
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PowerMic I tab—Hot keys on microphone (Medical
Edition only)
Under the PowerMic I tab, you can set actions taken by
PowerMic microphone buttons:
■ Dictate ■ Stop/Play
■ Top Left ■ Lower Left
■ Fast Forward ■ Rewind
■ Top Right ■ Lower Right
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Starting to Dictate
Starting Dragon
If Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical is not already
running, you can start it by:
■ Double-clicking the Dragon icon on the
desktop.
■ Selecting Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 >
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 from the Start menu.
■ If the QuickStart option is enabled, right-clicking the
QuickStart taskbar tray icon and selecting Start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. For more on using the
QuickStart option, see Using QuickStart on page 44.
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Starting to dictate
To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft®
Word or Corel® WordPerfect®) and begin a new document.
Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new
document.
DragonPad
TIP: Remember to click in the window you want to talk to before you
speak.
Start talking. As you talk, text displays in the Results Box while
Dragon figures out what you said. The Results Box is a small
yellow window that appears on-screen as you dictate. For
example:
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focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is
punctuated.
Natural Punctuation inserts only periods and commas. You
have to dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural
Punctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and
commas. As you become more adept at dictation and want more
control over where punctuation appears, you may want to
explicitly dictate all your punctuation.
NOTE: You can turn Natural Punctuation on and off by voice by saying
"autopunctuation on" and "autopunctuation off" or by selecting Tools >
Options from the menu of the DragonBar and clicking
Automatically add commas and periods on the Formatting
tab.
For more information on Natural Punctuation see Using
Natural Punctuation on page 104.
Dictating punctuation
You can dictate punctuation at any time while you are using
Dragon, even when Natural Punctuation is enabled.
Use the following list as a guide to dictating the most common
punctuation marks. (For a complete list of punctuation, see the
online help.)
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TO SAY
Add a new line “New Line”
Add a new “New
paragraph Paragraph”
Saying "New Paragraph" presses the ENTER key twice and capitalizes
the next word you dictate.
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3 When the Dictation Box displays, you can dictate and edit text
inside the Dictation Box using all Dragon commands.
4 Once you are done dictating and editing the text, say or click
“Transfer.” The text you dictated in the Dictation Box is
transferred to the application.
For more information on using the Dictation Box with a non-
standard window, see the online help.
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Saving
From the File menu, choose Save. You can also say “Click
File” and then say “Save.” Remember, you have to pause
between the “Click File” and the “Save” commands to have
Dragon recognize them as two separate commands. If the
Natural Language Commands have been enabled, you can say
“Save Document.”
Getting Help
To access the online Help for Dragon, click the Help menu on
the DragonBar and choose Help Topics. Alternately, you can
say “Give Me Help.” You can print individual Help topics with
the Print button in the Help window. To open the online Help
links, just say their names. The links will be displayed next to
the application window and will give you examples of the most
common commands that work in the application you are
currently using.
The online help includes the following information not found in
this user guide:
■ Creating and Managing Users
■ Dictation Guidelines
■ Dictating using a Portable Recorder
■ Dictating with a Roaming User
■ Correcting Recognition Errors
■ Revising Text
■ Improving Recognition Accuracy
■ Working on Your Desktop
■ Working in Programs
■ Creating Commands with MyCommands
■ Dragon Tools
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Tutorial
To start the Tutorial, choose Tutorial from the Help menu on the
DragonBar. The Tutorial includes a number of lessons covering
the basics of Dragon.
Troubleshooting
If you are having problems using Dragon, or if you are getting
unexpected results, please refer to the Resolving Problems and
Tips sections of the online help.
The DragonBar
The DragonBar gives you access to Dragon functions and
TM
features.
Menus
Extras
Status
Microphone
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Extras toolbar
If present in your edition, you can click the Extras button on
the far right of the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar. The
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Correction
Clicking the Correction button opens the Correction menu to
teach the computer what you said. See Chapter Chapter 5,
Correcting and Editing on page 63.
Transcribe
Use this button to transcribe your speech from a handheld
recorder. See the online help for more information.
Start Playback, Fast Playback, and Stop Playback
When you select text and click the Start Playback button, you
hear a recording of your dictation. A yellow arrow displays on
your screen during playback, following what you said. Click the
Fast Playback button to play the recording at a faster speed.
Click the Start Playback button to return to a normal speed.
Click the Stop Playback button to stop the recorded speech
playback.
Skip Back and Skip Forward
Use these buttons to skip backward or forward one utterance.
To Dragon, an utterance is a group of words said together
without pausing. The Extras menu items can be displayed in the
main DragonBar. See the online help for more information.
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SELECT... TO. ..
Docked to Top mode lock the DragonBar to the top of the
(default) screen
Docked to Bottom mode lock the DragonBar to the bottom of the
screen
Floating mode freely position the DragonBar
Cling mode make the DragonBar appear just above
the window into which you are
dictating.
Tray Icon Only mode hide the DragonBar completely and
only display the Microphone icon in the
Windows task bar.
NOTE: You can also hide the DragonBar by saying “Switch to Tray
Icon Only Mode.” To make a hidden DragonBar reappear, right-click
on the small microphone in the lower right corner of the screen. From
the menu that appears, click Restore Previous DragonBar Mode.
Using QuickStart
The Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon gives you quick access
to Dragon and recent users. Right-clicking the QuickStart icon
displays the QuickStart menu.
NOTE: This option is installed at the end of Dragon setup process.
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Using QuickStart
You access QuickStart by
right-clicking the Dragon
QuickStart taskbar tray icon.
This action displays the
QuickStart menus, which
parallel the menus in the
DragonBar.
SELECT... TO...
Turn Microphone On/ Turn on or off the microphone.
Off
File > Take any of the actions you would other-
wise take from the Dragon menu on the
DragonBar:
Open User, Manage Users, Close User,
Open Recent User, Manage Vocabularies,
Open Recent Vocabulary, Save User Files
Tools > Open any option from the Tools menu.
Words > Open any option from the Words menu.
Sound > Open any option from the Sound menu.
Help > Open any option from the Help menu.
Exit Shut down Dragon if it is currently run-
ning. You can then re-start the QuickStart
feature by restarting Windows, as long as
you have set the option to launch in Quick-
Start mode on the Miscellaneous tab.
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Working on Your Desktop
Starting a program
To start a program from the Start menu, say “Start” and then
the name of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or
submenu of the Start menu. You can also say the name
displayed below the icon on your desktop.
For example, to start Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, say “Start
Internet Explorer.”
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SAY THIS TO
Switch to Next Switch to the next application.
Window
Switch to Previous Switch to the previous application.
Window
Switch to Microsoft Make Microsoft® Word the active
Word application.
Switch to (name of Switch to the open application you say.
application) Say the name of the application as it
appears in the title bar of the application
window.
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Say “File” or
“Click File”
Say “Save”
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Say “Wrap to
window” or
“Click Wrap
to window”
You can select tabs by saying the name of the tab, alone or
preceded by “Click.” In the dialog box pictured, you could say
“Options” or “Click Options” to select the Options tab. You can
also move between tabs by saying “Go to Next Tab” and “Go to
Previous Tab.”
NOTE: In some programs, you may not be able to select dialog box
items by saying their names. If this happens, the following method of
selecting items may work: say “Tab Key” repeatedly to move to the item
you want, then say “Press Space Bar” to select it.
See also Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse on
page 58.
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After you select an icon, you can say “Press Enter” to start or
open the program and “Press Shift F10” to display its right-
click menu (as if you had right-clicked the icon with the mouse).
You can also use voice commands for these actions. See
Marking and dragging objects on page 60.
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SAY THIS TO
Click Minimize or Minimize the active window.
Click Control Menu
(pause) Minimize
Click Maximize or Maximize the active window.
Click Control Menu
(pause) Maximize
Click Restore or Restore window to previous size.
Click Control Menu
(pause) Restore
Click Close or Close the active program.
Press ALT F4
Press CTRL F4 Close the active document, not the
whole program (works in many
programs).
Click Start Menu or Open the Windows® Start Menu.
Click Start or
Press CTRL ESC
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Pressing letters
You can press any letter on your keyboard by saying “Press”
and then the letter. When you’re pressing letters, you must say
“Press” before each one. For example, to enter “txt,” say
“Press t,” “Press x,” “Press t,” pausing between letters.
TIP: You can also spell words using Spell mode. See Switching
recognition modes on page 119 for more information.
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SAY THEN
Press a
b
any letter a–z or any international
alphabet word alpha through zulu
a as in Albert/Alice/alpha
b as in Bill/Buffalo/bravo
c as in Cathy/Carl/Charlie
d as in David/daughter/delta
e as in Edgar/enter/echo
f as in Frank/fancy/foxtrot
g as in George/gopher/golf
h as in Henry/helmet/hotel
i as in Iris/Ireland/India
j as in John/justice/Juliet
k as in Karen/kitchen/kilo
l as in Larry/lemon/lima
m as in Mickey/magic/Mike
n as in Nancy/nobody/November
o as in Otto/over/Oscar
p as in Paul/people/papa
q as in Quentin/question/Quebec
r as in Robert/Rachel/Romeo
s as in Sam/Singapore/sierra
t as in Terry/Tyler/tango
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SAY THEN
u as in Ursula/unit/uniform
v as in Valerie/visit/Victor
w as in Wendy/wake/whiskey
x as in Xavier/Xerxes/xray
y as in Yolanda/Yvonne/yankee
z as in Zachary/zookeeper/zulu
(you can also say “for” instead of “as in”)
NOTE: You can say “Press c” or “Press Charlie” but you cannot say
“Press Cathy” or “Press Carl.”
Capitalizing a letter
You can capitalize a letter by saying “Press Cap,” then the
letter.
For example, to enter “28K” say “twenty eight” and then
“Press Cap K” (or “Press Cap K for Karen”).
Pressing numbers
You can press numbers (0 to 9) by saying “Press” and then the
number. For example, say “Press 8.”
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SAY THEN
Press Keypad 1
Keypad 9 (you can say any number from
0 to 9)
All Dialects: Keypad Point (.)
US/Canada: Keypad Period (.)
Other Dialects: Keypad Full Stop (.)
Keypad Slash (/)
Keypad Asterisk (*)
Keypad Minus (-) (opens the Correction
menu)
Keypad Plus (+) (turns the microphone on or
off)
Keypad Star (*) (opens the Dragon menu on
the DragonBar)
Keypad Enter
SAY THEN
Press Up Arrow
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Down Arrow
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Home Key
End Key
Page Up
Page Down
Insert Key
Delete Key
Control Key
Shift Key
Alt Key
Print Screen
Scroll Lock
Pause Key
Num Lock
Caps Lock
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While the mouse is moving, you can say any of the commands
above. You can also say:
■ “Stop” or “Cancel” to stop the mouse from moving
■ “Up,” “Down,” “Left,” “Right,” “Upper Left,” “Lower
Left,” “Upper Right,” or “Lower Right” to change the
direction in which the mouse is moving
■ “Faster,” “Much Faster,” “Slower,” or “Much Slower” to
change the speed at which the mouse is moving
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For example, to drag with the SHIFT key held down, you could
say “Shift Mouse Drag Up.” To drag with the right ALT key
held down (the ALT key on the right side of the keyboard), you
could say “Right Alt Drag Mouse Upper Left.”
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Correcting and Editing
Correcting mistakes
There are a number of ways you can correct the
misrecognitions in a document. The following techniques
describe the most basic methods, but you can combine these
techniques in any manner that suits your working style.
To correct text with the keyboard:
1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you
want to correct.
2 Press the correction hot key to display the Correction menu.
By default, this is the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.
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You can change the hot key assignment on the Hot keys tab of
the Options dialog box. You can also click the Correction
button on the Extras toolbar of the DragonBar.
3 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key
to highlight that choice and then press ENTER to accept it. If
no alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text.
4 Continue until all the text is correct.
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Say “Choose 2” to
replace “clinic” with
“quick.”
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Correcting Punctuation
Note the following when correcting punctuation:
■ When you select a phrase (more than one word) that has
punctuation, be sure to dictate that punctuation. For example,
say you initially dictated, “Today is Thursday I have a
meeting at 11 o’clock” and the text was transcribed as “Today
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■ If Natural Punctuation
is turned on, when you
select a phrase that
Dragon has added
punctuation to, the
choices will include
punctuation changes
(see example here).
NOTE: When you select a
word that has adjacent punctuation the Natural Punctuation feature
added, the selection will extend to include that punctuation.
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To use Select-and-Say®:
1 Dictate the sentence below:
US/Canada: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [period]”
Other Dialects: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [full stop]”
2 Say “Select lunch on Tuesday.” The words lunch on Tuesday
should be highlighted on the screen.
3 Say “dinner on Wednesday.” These words should replace
lunch on Tuesday.
Since “Tuesday” and “Wednesday” sound completely different,
Dragon will know you are not correcting a recognition mistake
but rather revising your dictated text.
TIP: You can also select punctuation marks.
4 Say: “Select period” (US/Canada) or “Select full stop”
(Other Dialects). If there’s more than one period or full stop,
you can say “Select Again” to select a different one.
5 To replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark,
say “exclamation mark.”
TIP: It is often easier for Dragon to find the matching text if you select a
short phrase rather than individual words. If you select some words that
are already correct, just say them again along with the ones you want
to change.
Unselecting words
If the wrong text is selected, say “Unselect That.”
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You can also unselect words by moving your insertion point (by
mouse or voice) to another part of your document. For example,
say “Go to End of Line” or click somewhere else in your
document.
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SAY THE N T HE N
Back 2...20
Characters
Last
SAY THEN
Go to Top
Move to Bottom
Top of Document
Beginning of Document
Start of Document
Bottom of Document
End of Document
SAY THEN
Go to Beginning of Line
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SAY THEN
Move to Start of Line
End of Line
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Deleting text
Deleting the last words you dictated
You can erase the last words you dictated by saying “Scratch
That.” When you say this command, Dragon deletes the last
thing it typed into your document. This may be a full sentence, a
phrase, or just one word, if that’s all you said before pausing.
You can say “Scratch That” up to 10 times to delete the last few
things you said. If you repeat the command, you must pause
before saying it again. You can also say, for example, “Scratch
That 5 Times.”
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SAY TO
Play Back Line Play back dictation for the current line.
Play Back Play back dictation for the current
Paragraph paragraph.
Play Back Document Play back dictation for the whole
document.
Play Back Window Play back dictation for the text in view.
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SAY TO
Play Back to Here Play back dictation from the top of the
document window to the insertion point.
Play Back from Here Play back dictation from the insertion
point to the bottom of the document
window.
To stop playback:
To stop playback, do any of the following:
■ Click the Stop Playback button on the Playback toolbar.
■ Click anywhere in the document window.
■ Press the ESC key.
(It’s not possible to stop playback by voice, because the
computer cannot hear speech input when it is playing back
dictation.)
To skip backward or forward:
You can skip backward or forward in your document by a few
words by clicking the Skip Backward and Skip Forward buttons.
To stop playback and correct a mistake:
To stop playback and correct a mistake, do any of the following:
■ Click the Correction button on the Playback toolbar.
■ Press the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.
This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction
menu. There you can correct the text for the last phrase played
back.
NOTE: By default, Dragon stores about 30 minutes of dictation (40 MB).
If you want to be able to store more dictation, you can change the
amount of disk space that’s set aside for storing it. On the Tools menu,
click Options, and then click the Data tab. Increase the number in the
Disk space reserved for playback box.
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Using text-to-speech
You can use text-to-speech to have text displaying on your
screen (not your current dictation) read aloud in a computer
voice. You can use this feature to have the product read back a
document that you (or someone else) dictated while you listen
for mistakes and make note of sections you might want to
revise.
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SAY TO
Read Line Read back the current line.
Read Paragraph Read back the current paragraph.
Read Document Read back the whole document.
Read Window Read back the text in view.
Read to Here Read back from the top of the docu-
ment window to the insertion point.
Read from Here Read back from the insertion point to
the bottom of the document window.
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6
Formatting
Y
ou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize
text, and apply other formatting by voice.
Many Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical
formatting commands work for text that is selected (highlighted)
in your document. To select text by voice, say “Select” plus the
words you want to select. See Selecting text by voice on page 67
for information.
Types of commands
Capitalizing text
Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictate
Dragon capitalizes many words automatically, such as the first
word in a sentence (following a period, question mark, or
exclamation mark). It capitalizes the first word after you say
“New Paragraph” (not when you say “New Line”) and it
capitalizes proper names (when these words are already in the
Dragon vocabulary in capitalized form).
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NOTE: You can change the spacing and capitalization rules for a word
in the Word Properties dialog box. See the online help for more
information.
When you’re dictating, you can capitalize words that aren’t
automatically capitalized by saying “Cap” and then the word.
For example, say “Cap zelda” to get Zelda.
TIP: If saying “Cap <word>” doesn’t work, try say “Cap Next
<word>.”
TIP: To dictate the word “cap,” for example, in this sentence: The
company is putting a cap on salary increases, you must say
“the company is putting a” then say “Spell c-a-p,” and then say “on
salary increases.” In this way, Dragon knows that you do not want to
capitalize any of the words within the sentence.
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2 Dictate the words that you want to appear in all caps. For
example, say “the end” and Dragon types THE END
3 Say “All Caps Off” to turn all capitals off.
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Formatting text
You can use voice commands to specify any combination of font
name, size, and style, in that order. These commands change
text you dictate from then on or text you have selected.
To set a new style for text you are about to dictate, use the “Set
Font” and “Set Size” commands. To change the style of text
you have already selected, use the “Format That” command.
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SAY THEN
Helvetica
Palatino
Times
Times New Roman
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NOTE: If you’re changing only the font size, use the “Set Size”
commands, not the “Set Font” command.
2 Say “Format That” and then the font attributes you want to
apply as described in the previous section. For example, say
“Format that Arial 18.”
Aligning text
You can change how text is aligned by placing your insertion
point in the text and saying “Center That,” “Left Align That,”
or “Right Align That.”
To align text:
1 Move the insertion point to the text you want to align.
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Bulleted text
To add bullets to text, place your insertion point in the text and
say “Format that Bullet Style.” To remove bullets, say
“Format that Bullet Style” again.
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CHAPTER
7
Dictating Numbers, Punctuation,
and Special Characters
T
his chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation,
Web addresses, and a few other special items. For complete
information on this topic, see the online help.
NOTE: If Dragon is not formatting a word as you would like, you can
change the formatting properties of the word by using the Word
Properties dialog box. See the online help for more information.
Dictating numbers
In most cases you can dictate numbers, including postal codes,
as you normally say them. Dragon will display either a numeral
(“3”) or the word (“three”), based on the context. To force
recognition of digits as numerals instead of text without using
the Numbers Mode, say “Numeral” before you say the digit, for
example, say “Numeral Three” to get 3. When dictating
numbers:
■ You can use or omit the word and as part of a number. For
example, say “one hundred fifty” instead of “one hundred
and fifty” to get the number 150.
■ You can use “oh” and “zero” interchangeably to get 0.
■ If you want a comma in a four-digit number, you must speak
it explicitly. Numbers with five or more digits automatically
include commas, with the exception of US ZIP codes.
■ For a decimal point, say “point.”
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TIP: If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers
Mode.” See Switching recognition modes on page 119 for more
information.
TO EN T ER SAY
1 one
numeral one
5 five
numeral five
17 seventeen
23 twenty three
179 one hundred seventy nine
one seventy nine
5423 five thousand four hundred and twenty three
5,423 five [comma] four twenty three
12,537 twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven
142,015 one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen
35.23 thirty five [point] two three
0.03 All Dialects: zero [point] zero three
Outside US/Canada: nought [point] nought
three
43.28% forty three [point] twenty eight [percent sign]
02460 oh two four six zero
02460-1458 oh two four six zero [hyphen] one four five eight
2 3/4 two and three fourths
11/32 eleven over thirty two
$99.50 ninety nine dollars and fifty cents
45.35 45 Euros and thirty-five cents
£120.35 pound sterling sign one hundred and twenty
point thirty five [All Dialects]
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Dates
You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say
them. Say “oh” or “zero” to enter 0. In dialects other than US/
Canada, you can also say “nought.”
TO EN TER SAY
22 January twenty two January nineteen ninety nine
1999
April 9, 2001 April 9 [comma] two thousand and one
14/07/85 fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five
3/11/02 three [slash] eleven [slash] zero two
3/11/2002 three [slash] eleven [slash] two thousand and
two
April 1st April first
March 22nd March twenty second
the 1980s the nineteen eighties
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Times of day
Dictate the time of day the way you would normally say it.
US/Canada: Dragon automatically types the colon (:) if you say
“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time. Say “o’clock” or “colon
zero zero” to enter 00.
TO EN T ER SAY
8:30 eight [colon] thirty or eight [numeric
colon] thirty
7:45 AM seven forty five a m
10:22 PM ten twenty two p m
3:00 three o’clock or three [colon] zero zero
5:00 PM five o’clock p m
TIP: Dragon will recognize times more accurately if you say “numeric
colon” instead of “colon” when dictating times.
Other Dialects: Dragon automatically types the point (.) if you say
“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time, depending on the
regional setting. Say “o’clock” or “point zero zero” to enter .00.
TO EN T ER SAY
8.30 eight [point] thirty
7.45 AM seven forty five a m
10.22 PM ten twenty two p m
3.00 three o’clock
5.00 PM five o’clock p m
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Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
Say US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would,
pausing briefly between each group of numbers.
You don’t need to dictate hyphens for most phone numbers
(numbers that are 7, 10, or 11 digits long). Dragon will add them
automatically.
TO EN TER SAY
965-5200 nine six five fifty two hundred
617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two oh oh
1-800-555-1212 one eight hundred five five five one two
one two
(617) 965-5200 [open parenthesis] six one seven [close
parenthesis] nine six five five two zero zero
1-212-555-1212 one two one two five five five one two one
two
TO EN TER SAY
(01628) 894150 [open parenthesis] oh one six two eight
[close parenthesis] eight nine four one five
oh
027 629 8944 oh two seven [space bar] six two nine
[space bar] eight nine four four
61-7-4695-2055 six one [hyphen] seven [hyphen] four six
nine five [hyphen] two zero five five
(65) 2778590 [open parenthesis] six five [close parenthe-
sis] two seven seven eight five nine zero
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TIP: In dialects other than US/Canada, you can say “bracket” instead
of “parenthesis.”
See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone
numbers on page 98.
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Fractions
You can dictate most common fractions the way you would
normally say them. To dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9,
1/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these fractions, just say the
fraction normally.
TO EN TER SAY
1/2 one half
1/4 one fourth or one quarter
15/16 fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen
3 7/8 three and seven eighths or three and seven over
eight
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TO EN T ER SAY
9/12 nine [slash] twelve or nine over twelve
5 3/56 five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six
130/70 one thirty over seventy
Roman numerals
You can dictate Roman numerals by saying “Roman numeral”
and the number. For large numbers, say the number in small
combinations (as in the examples shown here).
TO EN T ER SAY
I Roman Numeral one
IV Roman Numeral four
V Roman Numeral five
X Roman Numeral ten
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TO EN TER SAY
L Roman Numeral fifty
C Roman Numeral one hundred
D Roman Numeral five hundred
M Roman Numeral one thousand
XXIV Roman Numeral twenty our
XXXI Roman Numeral thirty one
MCMXCVII Roman Numeral one thousand
Roman Numeral nine hundred
Roman Numeral ninety
Roman Numeral seven
TIP: Don’t pause after the word “Roman Numeral” when you’re
dictating a Roman numeral. If you pause, Dragon may enter, for
example, “Roman numeral three” instead of “III.”
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TO EN T ER SAY
01886 oh one eight eight six
94704-1150 nine four seven oh four [hyphen] one
one five oh
TO EN T ER SAY
NG3 2HX Postcode n g three two h x
E10 7BD Postcode e ten seven b d
EC2Y 4LK Postcode e c two y four l k
K1A 0M5 Postal code k one a zero m five
X0A 0H0 Postal code x oh a oh h oh
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NOTE: Dragon uses the currency symbol ($, £, and so on) specified in
your Windows Regional Settings as your default currency.
Dictate other currencies by first saying the currency symbol
followed by the digits.
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Punctuation
Using Natural Punctuation
Dragon can automatically add commas and periods at the
appropriate places in your dictation without your having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. This Natural Punctuation
feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by
focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is
punctuated.
Natural Punctuation only inserts periods and commas. You still
have to dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural
Punctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and
commas. As you become more adept at dictation and want more
control over where punctuation appears, you may want to
explicitly dictate all your punctuation.
For information on correcting punctuation, see Correcting
Punctuation on page 66.
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TIP: Periods will only appear at the end of a sentence once you have
started the next utterance or said “New Line” or “New Paragraph.”
Dictating Punctuation
You can enter the punctuation marks and symbols listed below
in text you dictate. For a list of all punctuation marks, see the
online help.
TO EN TER SAY
, comma
. period
dot
point
[each one has different spacing
characteristics]
? question mark
! exclamation mark (All Dialects)
exclamation point (US/Canada)
“ open quote
close quote
‘ open single quote
close single quote
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TO EN T ER SAY
( open paren (US/Canada)
left paren (US/Canada)
left parenthesis (All Dialects)
open parenthesis (All Dialects)
) close paren (US/Canada)
right paren (US/Canada)
right parenthesis (All Dialects)
close parenthesis (All Dialects)
‘ apostrophe
‘s apostrophe-ess
- hyphen
minus sign
-- [double hyphen] dash
space bar
TO EN T ER SAY
We took Mary’s car We took Mary’s car
that’s enough that’s enough
it’s time to go it’s time to go
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TO EN TER SA Y
We took my brother’s We took my brother [apostro-
car phe ess] car
I met my friends’ I met my friends [apostrophe]
children children
TIP: You can add ‘s to a word by selecting it and then saying it again
with “apostrophe ess.“
TO EN TER SAY
long-lasting long lasting
up-to-date schedule up to date schedule
Tokyo-based company Tokyo based company
nine-year-old boy nine year old boy
TO EN TER SAY
speech-recognition speech [hyphen] recognition software
software
power-sharing power [hyphen] sharing agreement
agreement
Elizabeth Walker-Smith Elizabeth Walker [hyphen] Smith
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You can hyphenate words you just dictated with the command
“Hyphenate That.” Select the words you want to hyphenate
and say “Hyphenate That.” If you say this command when no
words are selected, Dragon will usually hyphenate the last few
words that you said.
Removing hyphens
You can remove a hyphen by selecting it and replacing it with a
space.
To remove a hyphen:
1 Say “Select hyphen.”
Preventing hyphens
You can prevent Dragon from entering a hyphen by pausing
where the hyphen would normally be.
For example, to type “long lasting” (normally hyphenated) say
“long,” then pause for a moment, and then say “lasting.” Or
you can say “long space bar lasting” without pausing, to insert
a space in place of the hyphen.
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TO EN TER SAY
unitednations united [No Space] nations
WorldWide Web [Cap] world [No Space] [Cap] wide
[Cap] web
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Dictating names
Many names of people, places, and events are already in the
Dragon vocabulary. For example, you can dictate “Martin
Luther King,” “New York Times,” and “Boston.”
To dictate a name, first try dictating the name. Dragon
automatically capitalizes the names it knows. If Dragon
incorrectly types the name, correct it by keyboard or by voice
(see Correcting and Editing on page 63).
If the program continues to type a name incorrectly after you’ve
corrected it several times, train the word individually using the
Train Word dialog box. See the online help for more information.
TO EN T ER SAY
US/Canada: Dr. Doctor
Other Dialects: Dr
UK U K (say each letter)
RSVP R S V P (say each letter)
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TO EN TER SAY
HTML H T M L (say each letter)
8 cm eight centimeters
US/Canada: pp. 27–33 pages 27 hyphen 33
Other Dialects: pp 27–33
NATO NATO (say as one word)
NASDAQ NASDAQ (say as one word)
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5 Click the check boxes that indicate the usage you would like.
Here are some examples of check boxes on the tab:
■ Expand “ACL” to “anterior cruciate ligament”
■ Expand “ADHD” to “attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder”
or
■ Click Select All to select all check boxes on the tab or click
Deselect All to deselect all check boxes on the tab.
6 Click the Miscellaneous tab.
7 Click the check boxes that indicate the usage you would like.
Here are some examples of check boxes on the tab:
■ “new paragraph” should insert one new line, not two
■ Dosage abbreviations with period
■ Insert commas into oncology “T N M” expressions
■ Replace “&” with “and”
■ Treat “bracket” as equivalent to “parenthesis”
■ Write accented characters with their non-accented forms
■ Write “AP” before the word “diameter” as “A-P”
■ Spell “orthopedics” and related words with “ae”
■ Rewrite “q.d.”, “q. day,” or “q.daily” as “daily”
8 Click OK to save the settings.
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TO EN TER SA Y
Virginia@aol.com Virginia at a o l dot com
info@samplecom- [No Caps On] info at sample
pany.com company dot com [No Caps
Off]
http:// [No Caps On] h t t p w w w
www.nuance.com dot nuance dot com [No
Caps Off]
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TO EN T ER SA Y
& ampersand or and sign
* asterisk
@ at sign
` backquote
© copyright sign
^ caret
° degree sign
$ dollar sign or dollar
euros or euro sign
% percent sign
® registered sign
§ section sign
™ trademark sign
+ plus sign
- minus sign
« open euro quote
» close euro quote
# All Dialects: hash sign or sharp sign
US/Canada: number sign or pound sign
£ US/Canada: pound sterling sign
Other Dialects: pound sign or pound
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TO EN TER SAY
:-) smiley face
:-( frowny face
;-) winky face
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8 In the Spoken form field, type the name you want to dictate for
this character and click Add.
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Now when you dictate the character name (in this example,
“double dagger”), Dragon should enter the special character,
not the words.
TIP: You can perform this operation more quickly by directly opening
the Vocabulary Editor, and directly adding the written and spoken
form.
NOTE: You can change the formatting properties of a word (such as
whether Dragon should type a space before or after the word) by
clicking Properties... to open the Word Properties dialog box. See
the online help for more information.
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MO DE TO TUR N ON , S AY TO TUR N OF F, SA Y
Numbers mode Numbers mode On Numbers mode Off or
or Start Numbers Stop Numbers mode
Mode or Switch to or Switch to Normal
Numbers mode mode
Spell mode Spell mode On or Spell Mode Off or
Start Spell mode or Stop Spell Mode or
Switch to Spell mode Switch to Normal
mode
Command mode Command mode On Command mode Off
or Start Command or Stop Command
mode or Switch to mode or Switch to
Command mode Normal mode
Dictation mode Dictation mode On Dictation mode Off or
or Start Dictation Stop Dictation mode
mode or Switch to or Switch to Normal
Dictation mode mode
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Index
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Index
P S
Page Down 71 ’s 106
Page Up 71 saving dictation 81
pages. See moving around a document storage space for 83
paragraphs Scratch That 70, 74
deleting 75 scrolling 52
moving up/down 72 searching while selecting 68
selecting 70 Select Again 68
Paste That 73 Select All 69
pasting text 73 Select Document 69
periods Select [text] 67
automatically adding 104 Select-and-Say
phone numbers 97 Select-and-Say Indicator 42
see Telephone Numbers selecting text 67
Play That Back 79 again 68
playback controls 77 characters 70
playing back dictation 77 a document 69
correcting mistakes 80 lines 70
in the Correction dialog box 78 paragraphs 70
in a document 79 punctuation 68
skipping backward 80 specific words 69-70
skipping forward 80 Set Font 89-90
stopping 80 Set Size 90
storage space for 80 Setup Log 28
possessives. See apostrophe ’s Skip Backward 80
postal and ZIP codes 102 Skip Forward 80
pound sterling 103 Skip Word button 23
problems dictating currency or time 95 sleeping 34
programs, opening. See opening applications software installation 8
proper names, dictating 110 Southeast Asian English 14
punctuation 35, 104 speakers, plugging in 6
automatic 104 special characters 114
Spell Mode 119
Q Spell That 64
QuickStart 45 Spell [text] 76
spelled out words
R setting preferences in Medical Edition 111
Read That 84 spelling
Regional Settings control panel 95 as you dictate 76
Restore That 91 errors 78
Resume With 74 starting applications. See opening
revising text. See Select-and-Say applications
Right Align That 91 Stop Listening 34
Roman numerals 100 Strikeout That 91
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U selecting 69-70
UK English 14
Uncapitalize 89 Y
Uncapitalize That 89
years 95
Underline That 91
unselecting text 68
Upgrading 27-28 Z
directory structure 27 ZIP codes 102
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Technical Support
If you purchased your product directly from a certified Dragon
Certified Solution Providers, contact them directly for technical
support.
The answers to many Dragon technical support questions can
be found on our Web site at www.nuance.com/
NaturallySpeaking/support/ .
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